****INSTANT NATIONAL BESTSELLER ****
THRUST IS:
"Epic." -The New York Times
"A triumph." --Elle
"Stunningly beautiful." --The Daily Beast
"Both of the moment and utterly timeless." --Chicago Review of Books
"A book to take in wide-eyed." --Rebecca Makkai
NAMED A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR BY THE WASHINGTON POST
As rising waters--and an encroaching police state--endanger her life and
family, a girl with the gifts of a "carrier" travels through water and
time to rescue vulnerable figures from the margins of history
Lidia Yuknavitch has an unmatched gift for capturing stories of people
on the margins--vulnerable humans leading lives of challenge and
transcendence. Now, Yuknavitch offers an imaginative masterpiece: the
story of Laisve, a motherless girl from the late 21st century who is
learning her power as a carrier, a person who can harness the power of
meaningful objects to carry her through time. Sifting through the
detritus of a fallen city known as the Brook, she discovers a talisman
that will mysteriously connect her with a series of characters from the
past two centuries: a French sculptor; a woman of the American
underworld; a dictator's daughter; an accused murderer; and a squad of
laborers at work on a national monument. Through intricately braided
storylines, Laisve must dodge enforcement raids and find her way to the
present day, and then, finally, to the early days of her imperfect
country, to forge a connection that might save their lives--and their
shared dream of freedom.
A dazzling novel of body, spirit, and survival, Thrust will leave no
reader unchanged.
